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PostPosted: 17:12 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: So I finally got new tires... Reply with quote

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The guy in the shop said he had never seen any so bad Embarassed
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PostPosted: 17:30 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

how long has he worked there, was it his first day??

i've seen worse than that on bikes at meets etc..
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PostPosted: 17:34 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's nothing! Before I changed the tyre on my 125 it was so bold that when I took it off you could feel your fingers if you're touching form the inside and outside. Laughing

And my current rear tyre on the Hornet is quite bad and needs replacing...
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PostPosted: 17:39 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pah, I've seen worse tyres.

You can't touch these guys!

https://www.sidcupmotorcycletyres.co.uk/shame.htm
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PostPosted: 17:46 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just had both tyres changed today.
The tread on my front tyre had gone down so bad it was like a racing slick Embarassed
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PostPosted: 17:47 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did a trackday on a tyre worse than that. Admittedly I think I killed it because it went flat the next day Embarassed .

It looked like this one

https://www.sidcupmotorcycletyres.co.uk/images/HOSBOLT.jpg
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PostPosted: 17:50 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nicky-Jano wrote:
Just had both tyres changed today.
The tread on my front tyre had gone down so bad it was like a racing slick Embarassed


For that extra 0.5 mph at 50 degres lean on roundabouts. Cool
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PostPosted: 17:52 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

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For that extra 0.5 mph at 50 degres lean on roundabouts.


Lmao Laughing
Was great when the sun was out.
I was glued to that road.
Come the rain though it was a different story Sad
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PostPosted: 17:52 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Come the rain though it was a different story Sad


That's why bikes can wheelie or didn't you know that? Save front tyre wear.
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PostPosted: 17:53 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nicky-Jano wrote:

Come the rain though it was a different story Sad


Wheelie then. Thumbs Up Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:55 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

To be honest I think thats a bit of a scare tactic. The tyre is worn but I wouldn't say it's anything major.

Scare mongering you into buying tyres from them more often maybe? Confused
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PostPosted: 17:59 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That's why bikes can wheelie or didn't you know that?


Does my bike even have the ower to wheelie? Shocked
If so I'll take any lessons someone will offer as I have the first clue how Embarassed Laughing .
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PostPosted: 18:00 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of course you can. How many people's first experience of biking involved wheelying a CG into a hedge on their CBT?
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PostPosted: 18:01 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That's why bikes can wheelie or didn't you know that?


Does my bike even have the ower to wheelie? Shocked
If so I'll take any lessons someone will offer as I have the first clue how Embarassed Laughing .


Serious clutch abuse should get it up.

Nearly redline and dump the clutch.
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PostPosted: 18:03 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Of course you can. How many people's first experience of biking involved wheelying a CG into a hedge on their CBT?


LMAO yes! But not into a hedge, I did a one handed wheelie on a roundabout. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nothing that exciting happened on mine Sad .
Few false neutrals and stalls, the odd hitting of a rev limiter.
Didn't even drop the bike.
I did after the CBT though, in front of a police car Neutral .
I don't have a rev counter so can't see when I'm red lining it.
Closest I've come to a wheelie was when I was so worried about stalling I slightly over compensated with the throttle.
This was more of a violent lurch though Confused .
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nicky-Jano wrote:

I don't have a rev counter so can't see when I'm red lining it.


Pin it and don't change up, wait for it to start going bar-bar-bar instead of brummmmm, that's your rev limiter kicking in.
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PostPosted: 00:38 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Re: So I finally got new tires... Reply with quote

chris-red wrote:


The guy in the shop said he had never seen any so bad Embarassed


he hasnt seen mine obviously

theres still some tread on the middle of those ones
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PostPosted: 08:33 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big_Ham wrote:
Nicky-Jano wrote:

I don't have a rev counter so can't see when I'm red lining it.


Pin it and don't change up, wait for it to start going bar-bar-bar instead of brummmmm, that's your rev limiter kicking in.


Don't think I have a rev limiter Neutral .
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PostPosted: 09:47 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember Wishaykillie off this forum riding his Daytona from Oban to Glasgow with the tyre like this....

No idea how it didn't go pop.
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PostPosted: 09:56 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of my old tyres was actually past that stage of material, onto the horizontal banding. Laughing About 3 miles later it developed a small puncture and I rode it home flat. Embarassed
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PostPosted: 16:05 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nicky-Jano wrote:


Don't think I have a rev limiter Neutral .


If it didn't have one it would just keep getting faster and faster as long as you kept the thorttle open(in neutral for example) until something broke. It should have one.
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PostPosted: 16:15 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big_Ham wrote:
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Don't think I have a rev limiter Neutral .


If it didn't have one it would just keep getting faster and faster as long as you kept the thorttle open(in neutral for example) until something broke. It should have one.


Nope don't have one.
Based this on the fact that when on my CBT bike it would chug along when I got to higher revs (instructor said this was because I was hitting the limiter).
My bike doesn't do this. It just keeps going.
I'm careful with changing gears though so I've never gone into the screechy revs.
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PostPosted: 16:24 - 17 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

BLUEX5 wrote:
The CG will rev untill it reaches the limit of gas flow in and out the engine, basically you'll feel the power drop off.

Although you should be shifting up well before then Shocked .


And there was me thinking all 4T's had limters. Fairynuff.
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